C. Bertelsmann Verlag

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C. Bertelsmann Verlag
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founding   1835
Seat   Munich , Germany
publisher   Thomas Rathnow
Publisher number   570
Publishing group   Random House
genus   Fiction , non-fiction
Website   www.randomhouse.de

The C. Bertelsmann Verlag is a German book publisher based in Munich . It was founded by Carl Bertelsmann in Gütersloh in 1835 . C. Bertelsmann Verlag is the nucleus of the Bertelsmann group and belongs to the Random House publishing group . The program includes sophisticated light literature and literary works as well as non-fiction from the fields of history, politics, culture and natural sciences.

history

Company logo of the C. Bertelsmann Verlag on the grave of Carl Bertelsmann in Gütersloh
Example of a theological book published by C. Bertelsmann-Verlag at the end of the 19th century: Eduard Rupprecht's introduction to the Old Testament from 1898
The publisher's booth at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2012

In 1835 Carl Bertelsmann founded a publishing house for religious writings in Gütersloh. Before that, he had set up a bookbinding shop in 1819 and a lithographic printing shop in 1824. In contrast to the competition, the C. Bertelsmann Verlag published books not only for the bourgeoisie, but also for the general public. After Carl Bertelsmann's death in 1850, his son Heinrich Bertelsmann took over the publishing house. He expanded the program to include fiction and non-fiction.

In 1896 Heinrich Bertelsmann's son-in-law Johannes Mohn became the sole owner of C. Bertelsmann Verlag. He again emphasized more religious issues. At the end of the 19th century , C. Bertelsmann Verlag had around 70 employees.

In 1921, Heinrich Mohn, the fourth generation of the family, took over C. Bertelsmann Verlag. After the end of the inflation of the 1920s , during which business operations had to be temporarily stopped, the C. Bertelsmann Verlag was modernized organizationally and technically and the program was expanded, particularly in the area of ​​entertainment literature. On its 100th anniversary in 1935, the publishing house employed around 150 people.

In the 1930s, inexpensive titles appeared in large print runs as "Bertelsmann People's Editions". In the years that followed, folk-national issues also became more important. The war adventure books published from 1934 were commercially successful, including Werner von Langsdorff's “Fliegerbuch”. In the Third Reich , C. Bertelsmann Verlag eventually developed into the largest supplier to the Wehrmacht .

After the Second World War , Reinhard Mohn took over C. Bertelsmann Verlag. In 1947 the Allies granted a publishing license. With the founding of the Bertelsmann reading ring in 1950, the commercial resurgence began. From 1959, theological literature appeared in the Gütersloh publishing house , while C. Bertelsmann Verlag concentrated on specialist and non-fiction books. In 1968 the Bertelsmann group bundled its book publishers in the Bertelsmann publishing group . C. Bertelsmann Verlag was continued as an independent publisher of the new company.

In 1972 the publishing group moved its headquarters from Gütersloh to Munich. After the acquisition of US publisher Random House in 2001 was the publishing group Bertelsmann in Random House renamed. In 2011, C. Bertelsmann founded another publishing house for paperback editions under the name carl's books .

criticism

When critical questions were asked about the role of C. Bertelsmann Verlag during the Nazi era in the 1990s , the Bertelsmann Group had them examined by an Independent Historical Commission (UHK). This was headed by the historians Saul Friedländer and Norbert Frei , the theologian Trutz Rendtorff and the literary scholar Reinhard Wittmann . They published their final report in 2002.

literature

  • Norbert Frei, Saul Friedländer, Trutz Rendtorff, Reinhard Wittmann: Bertelsmann in the Third Reich . Bertelsmann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-570-00711-1 .
  • Thomas Lehning: The Media House: Past and Present of the Bertelsmann Group . Fink, Paderborn, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7705-4035-2 .
  • Helen Müller (Ed.): 175 Years of Bertelsmann: A Future Story . Bertelsmann, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-570-10175-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Exhibition about 180 years of Bertelsmann . In: New Westphalian . July 2, 2015, p. 4 .
  2. ↑ Thomas Rathnow restructures the Penguin division. Wolfgang Ferchl in future "Publisher at large". In: Book Market. March 9, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Address book for the German-speaking book trade. Marketing and publishing service for the book trade , accessed on January 18, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Address book for the German-speaking book trade. Marketing and publishing service of the book trade, accessed on June 10, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Michael Schuh: From the Christian hymn book to the new Asterix . In: New Westphalian . May 11, 2016, p. 12 .
  6. ↑ Bertelsmann remembers . In: New Westphalian . July 2, 2015, p. 11 .
  7. ↑ Our publishers. Random House Publishing Group, accessed June 10, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Books A – Z. Random House Publishing Group, accessed June 10, 2016 .
  9. ↑ 175 Years of Bertelsmann: A Future Story . C. Bertelsmann, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-570-10175-9 , pp. 8 .
  10. ^ Thomas Lehning: The media house: past and present of the Bertelsmann group . Fink, Paderborn, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7705-4035-2 , p. 19 .
  11. ↑ Volker Ackermann, Torsten Groth, Markus Plate, Arist von Schlippe: Large German family businesses: Generational succession, family strategy and corporate development . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-525-40338-9 , pp. 80 .
  12. ↑ 175 Years of Bertelsmann: A Future Story . Bertelsmann, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-570-10175-9 , pp. 13 .
  13. ^ Thomas Lehning: The media house: past and present of the Bertelsmann group . Fink, Paderborn, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7705-4035-2 , p. 24 .
  14. ^ Thomas Lehning: The media house: past and present of the Bertelsmann group . Fink, Paderborn, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7705-4035-2 , p. 24 .
  15. ↑ Stefan Beig: An impressive family saga . In: Wiener Zeitung . July 1, 2010, p. 18 .
  16. ↑ 175 Years of Bertelsmann: A Future Story . Bertelsmann, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-570-10175-9 , pp. 14 .
  17. ^ Thomas Lehning: The media house: past and present of the Bertelsmann group . Fink, Paderborn, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7705-4035-2 , p. 27 .
  18. ^ Norbert Frei, Saul Friedländer, Trutz Rendtorff, Reinhard Wittmann: Bertelsmann in the third . Bertelsmann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-570-00711-1 , pp. 157 .
  19. ^ Thomas Lehning: The media house: past and present of the Bertelsmann group . Fink, Paderborn, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7705-4035-2 , p. 28 .
  20. ↑ "Bertelsmann's largest NS supplier" . Experts: 20 million books with propaganda reading material. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung . January 18, 2000.
  21. ^ Norbert Frei, Saul Friedländer, Trutz Rendtorff, Reinhard Wittmann: Bertelsmann in the Third Reich . Bertelsmann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-570-00711-1 , pp. 423 .
  22. ^ Thomas Lehning: The media house: past and present of the Bertelsmann group . Fink, Paderborn, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7705-4035-2 , p. 33 .
  23. ^ Thomas Lehning: The media house: past and present of the Bertelsmann group . Fink, Paderborn, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7705-4035-2 , p. 34 .
  24. ↑ Volker Ackermann, Torsten Groth, Markus Plate, Arist von Schlippe: Large German family businesses: Generational succession, family strategy and corporate development . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-525-40338-9 , pp. 82 .
  25. ^ Thomas Lehning: The media house: past and present of the Bertelsmann group . Fink, Paderborn, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7705-4035-2 , p. 87 .
  26. ^ Thomas Lehning: The media house: past and present of the Bertelsmann group . Fink, Paderborn, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7705-4035-2 , p. 88 .
  27. ^ Thomas Lehning: The media house: past and present of the Bertelsmann group . Fink, Paderborn, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7705-4035-2 , p. 91 .
  28. ↑ Joachim Güntner: The giant as a roofer . The Bertelsmann publishing group is now called Random House. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . March 31, 2001, p. 65 .
  29. ↑ Random House starts up paperback publishing house carl's books in autumn. In: BuchMarkt. April 20, 2011, accessed June 10, 2016 .
  30. ↑ Bertelsmann boss shows remorse - media group in the Nazi era largest book producer of the Wehrmacht. In: Handelsblatt. October 7, 2002, accessed July 28, 2016 .
  31. ^ Wieland Freund: Bertelsmann in the Third Reich: The final report of the commission . In: Welt Online . October 8, 2002 ( welt.de [accessed July 28, 2016]).

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